Native Instruments Absynth 5, Справочное руководство

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You can control ABSYNTH 5 in real time by connecting it to the MIDI keyboard. The
simplest form of using MIDI to control ABSYNTH 5 is the communication of note values
using Note-on and Note-off commands. The Pitch Bend and the Modulation Wheel are
also Standard Controllers, which almost every MIDI keyboard sends and which ABSYNTH
5 utilizes. Moreover, many modern MIDI keyboards and controllers offer control elements
that also send MIDI Signals; rotary controllers, sliders, and switches are only three of the
many possibilities. You can use these MIDI Signals flexibly together with parameters to
change the sound during play.
These three types of Control Signals distinguish themselves in their possibilities as well as
their origins. In ABSYNTH 5 they are the same in some ways: In order to design the admin-
istration of the individual Control Signals as unitarily and as flexibly as possible, ABSYNTH 5
has the Macro Controls.
In other software instruments the distribution of Control Signals mostly takes place through
the use of an unchanging list of parameters that exclusively allow rigid assignments of signal
sources to particularly elements of the user interface. The disadvantage of such definite con-
nections between source and goal is namely that a controller of your MIDI control element
always controls the same parameter independently of the desired sound. This approach is
often not sensible, since there can always be other parameters in every Preset, a change in
which would have the desired effect upon the sound.
For this reason, ABSYNTH 5 offers a possibility in the Macro Controls to distribute incoming
Control Signals among the parameters with flexibility. The fact that you can design the as-
signment of every Preset on an individual basis is only one advantage of the Macro Controls,
however. It is also very advantageous that you can control multiple targets from a single source.
That is best explained through the use of an example:
Assume we want to change the Cutoff and Resonance parameters of Lowpass Filter at the
same time as the Modulation Wheel of your MIDI keyboard: At high frequencies the resonance
should be low, at low frequencies high. To control both parameters simultaneously, build a
Macro Control: by activating a Filter Module in the Patch Window and select the Filter LPF
-12dB from the Filter’s Type menu. Right-click on the Frequency control. It opens a list with
the available Macro Controls. Choose Macro Control 1. Assign the parameter Resonance con-
trol to Macro Control 1 as previously described. Now switch to the Perform Window.